You can get ringing notes rich tones and textures simply by retuning your guitar to an open chord. On this easy exploration for novice players Mary Flower teaches some tunings that will help you play beautiful sounding songs and instrumentals almost immediately. An expert player and an experienced instructor Mary helps you work out well-known songs or instrumentals for each tuning. She starts with a simple one - dropping the bass E string to D - and teaches a basic but lovely fingerpicking version of the folk hymn I'll Fly Away. You'll then learn how to get into open G G6 D and D minor tunings. Along the way Mary shows how to embellish your guitar workusing various chord positions scales harmony lines hammer-ons pull-offs and other essential techniques. Songs include the traditional instrumental Spanish Fandango; the powerful folk tune John Henry; a 'carnivalesque' tribute to Bo Carter; and gospel/spiritual songs Amazing Grace I Shall Not Be Moved Do Lord and Jesus is on the Main Line.

An American Christmas includes carols from the very rich Shaker spiritual shape-note and folk song traditions of the United States. They have been set as solo versions for the beginning to intermediateGuitarist who has been playing for about a year and would like to spread Christmas cheer using the Guitar. The book is in standard notation as well as tablature. Chords are also included for accompaniment purposes as are thelyrics and a CD recorded by the author.This is a collection of carols that will be appreciated by players of Classical Guitar and other styles as well and that players can return to year after year as the Christmas seasoncomes around. The collection can provide literature for Guitarists who are looking for background music to play at Christmas parties and for students playing in Christmas recitals.

Bill Bay asked me to write a follow up book to my last book ”The Bluegrass Pickers Tune Book (20233).' If you like Bluegrass music (232 songs) I'd recommend getting that book to add to your collection. The focus of this book 'The Acoustic Source Book' is on roots and old-time music. The book is focused on the time period from late 1800's until 1940's. There are a few songs from The Bluegrass Book that were too important to be left out. I decided notto use any patriotic and Christmas songs and came up with a list of about 400 songs which eventually was cut down to over 200. During the late 1800's and early 1900's there was an important evolution in American music; the birthof jazz ragtime and blues. This was also the period of the phonograph and early commercial recordings. Music from the Minstrel period as well as traditional songs were used as staple for the roots musicians. In the early 1900'sthere were rags blues gospel Tin-Pan Alley jug band spiritual old-time country and popular songs. I've tried to include some of the well-known songs from every genre to give you a big slice of Americana. There are some greatsongs that are popular roots bluegrass and old-time songs today that have never been published. There are also great songs that are not well known that should be played and enjoyed.

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Many southern blues musicians performed and recorded gospel songs; spirituals or church songs as they were called. Some like Blind Willie Johnson and Edward W. Clayborn strictly adhered to a religious message earning them the handle 'guitar evangelists' while others like Fred McDowell and Charlie Patton blurred the socially imposed lines and mingled gospel with the blues.In this anthology of Bottleneck Gospel Guitar Tom Feldmann highlights the fervent and aggressive slide playing of Fred McDowell Robert Wilkins Muddy Waters Bukka White Blind Willie Johnson Edward W. Clayborn and Charlie Patton. Each player offers a distinct style and Tom breaks down theirtechniques allowing you to imitate the masters as well as build a repertoire of classic bottleneck gospel blues.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original old recordings of all the tunes are included.Titles include: OPEN D TUNING: FRED McDOWELL Jesus Is On The Mainline ? ROBERT WILKINS Wished I Was In Heaven ? MUDDY WATERS Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You ? BUKKA WHITE I Am In The Heavenly Way ? BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON It's Nobody's Fault But Mine ? BLIND WILLIE McTELL I Got To Cross That River of JordanOPEN G TUNING: EDWARD W. CLAYBORN Gospel Train Is Coming and There'll Be Glory ? CHARLIE PATTON Lord I'm Discouraged and I'm Going Home

Philip Toshio Sudo, fondateur du mouvement Guitare Zen, et le guitariste et éducateur Tobias Hurwitz présenter ce suivi pour le livre best-seller Guitar Zen. A l'intérieur vous trouverez des exemples de musique qui vous aideront à apporter la philosophie zen à la vie de votre guitare. Découvrez comment ces idées anciennes peuvent vous aider à devenir plus 'dans l'instant' dans votre approche musicale.Le Livre des Six Strings sera vous aider à sortir d'une ornière créatif et prendre votre jeu au prochain niveau. La pièce maîtresse de ce livre est 'One Sound One Song', composée par Philip Toshio Sudo comme un tremplin musical pour l'exploration Guitare Zen. Vous pourrez également trouver des citations inspirantes, des concepts philosophiques, et des faits historiques mélangés avec les exemples musicaux. Si vous cherchez à être inspirés et d'approfondir votre spiritualité et de la compréhension musicale, ce livre est pour vous. / Guitare

Pioneer Of The Electric Guitar. Par AYEROFF STAN. D'innombrables musiciens ont été inspirés en entendant Charlie Christian pour la première fois. Dans ce livre passionnant, l'auteur a compilé 39 transcriptions solos précises (en notation seulement), mais aussi une analyse approfondie de chacun. Il y a aussi une 'comment' complète à la section qui est un livre en soi. L'auteur a enregistré chaque transcription dans les versions lentes et rapides sur deux CD. Le livre contient un de meilleure travaux de Charlie y compris les Sessions de Jam à de Minton, Spirituals de John Hammond se balancer des concerts et des enregistrements de Blue Note céleste de Express. Charlie Christian fut le premier à populariser l'utilisation de la guitare électrique dans le jazz. Il a été le pionnier qui a ouvert la voie. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz - Solos / Recueil / Guitare

24 Favourite Pieces Arranged For The Moderately Advanced Guitarist. Par COLES PAUL. 'From Folk to Classical 2” is a mouth-watering collection of 24 arrangements for classical guitar by Paul Coles. The classical pieces include many favourites, including a few you would not expect to hear on the guitar, such as 'Habanera” from 'Carmen” and Saint-Saën's famous 'Swan” but they really work! Traditional folk numbers are not neglected, with 'Michael Row the Boat” and 'Londonderry Air” among the best known. The arrangements are for moderately advanced players (UK grade 5-6) and Paul has offered fingering help for both left and right hands. It follows Book 1 (UE 21673) which was published in 2017 (Grades 3-4). Try it, perhaps as a warm up for Book 2 if you don't already know it and then try Paul's '26 Melodic Studies” (UE 21670) or his 'Momentos Españoles” (UE 21671)./ Recueil / Guitare

Version With CD-These books each bring together for the first time nine pieces from ABRSM?s Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. They each features two solos and one duet drawn from each of Lists A B and C giving candidates a choice of repertoire for their exam in one easy-to-use book. Book